Identifying the critical source areas of nitrate load in an agricultural watershed in PEI using the SWAT model

Posted 5 years ago

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Background Nitrate pollution caused by intensive agricultural activities has drawn increasing intention around the world over the past few decades (Liu et al., 2016; Milovanovic, 2007; Ongley et al., 2010; Sith et al., 2019; Van Meter et al., 2017). Nitrate pollution is threatening the health of receiving water bodies leading to hypoxia or eutrophication of […]

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My Top Five Takeaways from the Halifax User Conference

Posted 5 years ago

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When I heard that ECCE student associates could attend the local Esri Canada User Conference (UC), I jumped at the opportunity. After all, my interest in applying GIS to topics in wildlife ecology and management is what drew me back to school to pursue a graduate degree. I can’t help but find GIS technologies exciting. […]

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Handy Script Tool to Summarize Tree Characteristics within a Moving Search Window

Posted 6 years ago

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I have been working on a project about spatial patterns of spruce budworm defoliation within plots over the past year. During the research process, I had to summarize surrounding trees’ characteristics (e.g., average diameter at breast height, total basal area, average annual defoliation, etc.) for each analyzed tree, by different tree species, within different search […]

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Heather McGrath, Graduate Studies Summary

Posted 8 years ago

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Heather McGrath is featured in this spotlight article, as a graduate student participating in the ECCE program at UNB since 2015. She recently participated as a member of UNB’s team in the latest ECCE App Challenge. Below, Heather shares her experiences working with GIS during her studies at UNB. Over the past few years as […]

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